About John Wessels
Lived 1935 – 2006 (aged 70). John Wessels was a rugby union player.
Johannes Wilhelmus Wessels (14 May 1935 – 22 January 2006) was a South African international rugby union player.
Wessels was born in Van Stadensrus and educated at Grey College.
A hooker, Wessels represented Orange Free State and earned Springboks representative honours on their 1965 tour of Scotland and Ireland. The short tour included two Test matches, which Wessels both missed, instead wearing Springboks colours for fixtures against Combined Universities and Scottish Districts.
Wessels married national netball player Sussie Esterhuizen.
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Who was John Wessels?
rugby player
When was John Wessels born?
John Wessels was born on 14 May 1935.
When did John Wessels die?
John Wessels died on 22 January 2006.
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John Wessels was a rugby union player.
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